ANA LISA DOMENICA
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last rites: a meditation

Breathing in, sensing: I am here, alive,
Breathing out, wondering: "will there be another breath?"

Breathing in, sensing: "I am still alive!",
Breathing out, wondering "will there be yet another?"

Breathing in, sensing: Love has no location,
Breathing out, wondering: "when will this breathing end?"
                                                                                          
Breathing in, sensing: loved ones there, and here, each attending different events.
Breathing out, wondering: 'who is this one still breathing?"

Breathing in, sensing: familiar voices fading,
Breathing out, crying: I'm reaching out, I'm reaching out.

Breathing in, I feel the vast embrace of Love,
Breathing out, I am the vast embrace of Love.

I am the vast embrace of Love.

The vast embrace of Love.

Love.

- leonora domenica


If you are a theist, I honor you and your faith in high regard. If you are a non-theist, I have no desire to offer you faith, and I honor you deeply, just as you are. Belief and non-belief are manifestations of present experience, and cannot be otherwise, until or unless they are. I say this to believers and non-believers alike: Arguing to change another's belief system is an extremely reckless endeavor. Enough stock has already been taken in that drama throughout our bloody human history. Loving others based on sharing a common worldview is one of our highest absurdities.
How I will assist you:

As a certified Sacred Passage Doula, I am a frontline, non-medical caregiver, trained in holistic modalities and offering peace and comfort care to clients and their families during illness, the dying process, and after-care. My mission is to assist with end-of-life planning and legacy reviews, to elevate awareness of the sacred naturalness and human right to die a good and conscious death, provide emotional and spiritual support, create peaceful and pleasing healing environments, and maintain grounded, compassionate advocacy and witness as the process unfolds. A balanced presence increases quality of life moments for all involved. End-of-life doulas fill the 'care -gap' supporting the dying, their families, and coordinating with medical and hospice teams. I remain open, responsive and flexible to change, which is essential in the fully fluid, organic process of dying, loss and grief.

DIY Resources:
Funeral Consumers Alliance: www.funerals.org
Funeral Consumers Alliance of WNC: www.fcawnc
Life Share of the Carolinas:
Organ/Body/Tissue Donation: www.lifesharecarolinas.org
National Home Funeral Alliance: www.homefuneralalliance.org
Carolina Memorial Sanctuary: 
https://carolinamemorialsanctuary.org/
Memorial Ecosystems (Ramsey Creek Preserve & Honey Creek Woodlands): www.memorialecosystems.com

As a certified Sacred Passage Doula, I am a frontline, non-medical caregiver, trained in holistic modalities and offering peace and comfort care to clients and their families during illness, the dying process, and after-care. My mission is to assist with end-of-life planning and legacy reviews, to elevate awareness of the sacred naturalness and human right to die a good and conscious death, provide emotional and spiritual support, create peaceful and pleasing healing environments, and maintain grounded, compassionate advocacy and witness as the process unfolds. A balanced presence increases quality of life moments for all involved. End-of-life doulas fill the 'care -gap' supporting the dying, their families, and coordinating with medical and hospice teams. I remain open, responsive and flexible to change, which is essential in the fully fluid, organic process of dying, loss and grief.

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Analisa Domenica    Mill Spring, NC 28756     828.429.0096
  • welcome
  • memorials
  • weddings
  • end of life care
    • best 3 months care plan
    • doula by your side
    • after-death care
    • animal doula
  • a gift of ninety days
  • musings
  • analisa
  • contact me
  • resources
  • services & fees